Separable button.



No. 755,522. PATBNTED MAR. 22, 1.904.

H. MULLER. SBPARABLE BUTTON. APPLICATION nun JAN. 22. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 22, 1904.

HERMANN MULLER, BARMEN, GERMANY.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,522, dated March 22, 1904:.

Application filed Tanner: 22, 1908. Serial No. 140,163. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMANN MULLER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at 42 Siegesstrasse, Barmen, in the Province of Rhenish Prussia, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, have invented new and useful Improvements in Separable Buttons, of which the following is'a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in separable buttons, and is adapted for use in connection with gloves, boots, articles of dress, and the like, and aims to construct a button of this class comprising a stud and a socket member which can be readily connected together and separated, as occasion requires.

The invention further aims to provide a separable button comprising a stud and a socket member, each of which can be readily applied to and detached from the article to which the button is to be secured or removed from.

The invention further aims to construct a separable button which shall be extremely simple in its construction, strong, readily detachable and removable as occasion requires, eflicient in its use, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

To this end the invention consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, drawn to a scale so as to represent the button larger than would ordinarily be used for sake of clearness, and wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is asectional elevation of the socket member. Fig. 2 is a like view of the stud member. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the two members, showing the same connected together and applied to an article, the latter being in section and broken away. Figs. t and 5 are sectional elevations of the two sections, which together constitute the socket member. Fig. 6 is a plan of Fig. 5, and Figs.

5 7 and 8 are sectional elevations of the two sections, which together constitute the stud member.

The socket member consists of an upper or cap section a and a base-section b. The latter carries a spring Z). The cap a is-formed with a conical depression a and an inwardly-projecting rim (0 The latter in connection with the depression a form an annular opening (0 The upper part of the base-section b is formed with a sleeve 0, the upper diameter of which corresponds to the annular opening a of the cap a. By means of slits cl the sleeve 0 is divided into a number of tongues or separate projections, so that when inserted through the annular opening a of the cap and pressure is applied the tongues are bent outward and are caused to enter the annular cavity and be turned around the rim (f. If, therefore, the sleeve 0 of the part bis passed through a corresponding hole in the material f of the article to which it is to be applied, Fig. 1, and the cap a is placed on the sleeve 0, the two sections of the socket member are connected to each other and to the material when pressure is applied, the whole ultimately assuming the form shown in Fig. 1. Owing to the slits (Z in the sleeve 0, the sections of the sleeve 0 turn over so easily that the attachment to the material f can be eflected by hand without the use of any mechanical appliance.

In order that the stud member may be easily and quickly applied to the material and also be easily and quickly shifted, the stud g,whicl1 enters the socket member, is tapped with a screw-thread to receive a pointed screw a, carried by a back or counter plate It. To secure the stud member to the material f, it is only necessary to push the screw c' through the material and then screw the stud g tightly down. To shift the stud member to a different position on the fabric, it is only necessary to unscrew the stud g to remove the counterplate it with its screw 2', and after inserting the latter in a new place to screw the stud on again.

By the use of the above-described device the important advantage is obtained that any person can readily apply the separable button to an article of wearing-apparel or the like in a perfectly secure manner and be able to take up or let out the article to which it is applied Without difficulty.

Having now particularly described andascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be operated, I declare that what I claim is e A separable button comprising a socket member consisting of an upper and a lower section, said upper section having its top provided with a conical depression and further provided with an inwardly-projecting annular rim extending below the top and adapted to engage the object to which said socket member is adapted to be secured, said rim and depression forming an annular opening, and said lower section provided with a sleeve slitted to form a series of upwardly-extending projections adapted to extend around the rim and into the annular opening formed by the rim and depression for connecting said sections together and to the object to which the socket member is adapted to be secured, a springring arranged within said lower section and supported by the bottom thereof, in combination with a stud member comprising an upper and a lower section, the former of which consists of a stud having a hollow upper portion and a solid lower portion, said latter portion provided with a screw-threaded opening and the said lower section of the stud member consisting of a counter-plate carrying a pointed screw adapted readily'to' pierce the cloth or fabric and to engage when rotated in the screwthreaded opening for connecting the sections of the stud member together and to the object to which the stud member is to be secured, the upper section of said stud member adapted to engage in said socket member so as to connect the two members together.

- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. HERMANN MULLER.

Witnesses:

OTTo KoNIG, J. A. RITTERsHAUs. 

